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The objective is to offer new designs for orthopedic devices. The SMEs (FAME MED, GTS, EXEMPLAR) provide expertise to design new and reliable macroporous glass ceramic coatings for the surface modification of commercial ceramic acetabular cups, leading to the development of a new generation of hip prostheses with enhanced functionalities.
It is likely that one in every 150 people will need a hip prosthesis in the next 30 years. To meet this demand, the MATCh project aims to overcome the current drawbacks of prostheses by developing a prototype of an innovative MONOBLOCK ceramic cup; a cup anchored to the bone through a bioactive trabecular coating, vitrified on its surface and capable of promoting both primary and long-term osseointegration.
Project reference: 286548
Program and call: Project funded by the European Union under the FP7 – SME-2011-1 call for Research for the Benefit of SMEs, Specific Programme “Capacities”: Research benefiting SMEs with the main objective of promoting actions in the field of science and technology using a bottom-up approach.
